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eke out a living

Arabic translation: يعيش على حد الكفاف

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English term or phrase:eke out a living
Arabic translation:يعيش على حد الكفاف
Entered by: Nadia Ayoub

14:00 Sep 8, 2009
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: eke out a living
barely earn enough money to live on
GilleR
United States
Local time: 21:56
يعيش على حد الكفاف
Explanation:
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 06:56
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3يعيش على حد الكفاف
Nadia Ayoub
5 +2بالكاد يعيش على الكفاف
Hazem Ibrahim
5استطاع بالكاد أن يكسب عبشه
Muhammad Atallah
4 +1يكسب من عمله ما لا يكاد يكفيه
Maha Arara
5يحصل على تكاليف معيشته بصعوبة جمة
Jafar Filfil
4يجهد لكسب قوت يومه / أو يكاد لا يجني ما يسد رمقه
Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
بالكاد يعيش على الكفاف


Explanation:


Hazem Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Safaa Roumani: يعيش على الكفاف
6 mins
agree  Lina Shehabi Murad (Mourant)
22 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
يعيش على حد الكفاف


Explanation:
..

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 225
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Osama Shahin: يعيش على الكفاف
3 hrs
  -> Many thanks Osama :)
agree  Ziad Alghamdi
12 hrs
  -> Many thanks Ziad :)
agree  Mohamed Kamel
16 hrs
  -> Many thanks Mohamed :)
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
استطاع بالكاد أن يكسب عبشه


Explanation:
استطاع بالكاد أن يكسب عبشه

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 06:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 172
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
يكسب من عمله ما لا يكاد يكفيه


Explanation:
-

Maha Arara
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Kamel: :)
14 hrs
  -> جزيت خيرا :)
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
يجهد لكسب قوت يومه / أو يكاد لا يجني ما يسد رمقه


Explanation:
فلا يكسب سوى ما يكفيه ليقتات أو ربما ليأكل ما قل ودل كل يوم بيومه
ومع ذلك لا يلقى ذلك بصورة سهلة بل ربما يلقى في سبيل هذه اللقمة الأمرّين

تحياتي لكل المعذبين في الأرض


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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-09-08 23:31:25 GMT)
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يكاد لا يجد ما يسد به رمقه

Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
Syria
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
يحصل على تكاليف معيشته بصعوبة جمة


Explanation:
eke out: Get with great difficulty or effort

Jafar Filfil
Bulgaria
Local time: 07:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 32
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